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the subject (see footnote 30, 11.12.1). See too the final paragraph in 15.1
for the one case where some intranstive verbs are able to be used in the
passive with er as their subject.
11.19
Impersonal verbs
Impersonal verbs are those which only occur in the third person (usually
only in the singular, but some can occur in the plural too). In the third
person singular the subject is always het. English has impersonal verbs
too but Dutch has more of them.
11.19.1
11.19.1.1
Verbs that are impersonal in English and Dutch
Verbs denoting weather conditions which are used only in the third person
singular:
Het bliksemt. There’s lightning.
Het dondert. It’s thundering.
Het dooit. It’s thawing.
Het hagelt. It’s hailing.
Het mist. There’s a fog.
Het onweert. There’s a thunderstorm raging.
Het regent. It’s raining.
Het schemert. It’s dawning, It’s twilight.
Het sneeuwt. It’s snowing.
Het stormt. There’s a storm raging.
Het trekt/tocht. There’s a draught.
11.19.1.2
Several other verbs that can only be used in the third person singular:
gebeuren, geschieden to happen Het gebeurde ’s nachts.
It happened at night.
Impersonal
verbs
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